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Local bus driver helps to save woman's life

Woman rescued after she and her husband crashed and went over a ravine in Trussville

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Updated: 7:39 PM CDT Jun 1, 2016

Local bus driver helps to save woman's life

Woman rescued after she and her husband crashed and went over a ravine in Trussville

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WEBVTT ND THERE. DETAILS AND THE STORY OF THEIR SURVIVAL. >> ALL I DID WAS GET HELP I AM GLAD I FOUND HER. SHER: MANY WOULD CALL ROGER HALL A HERO. HE SAYS HE JUST HAPPENED TO BE AT THE RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME. >> I GET HERE ABOUT 10 TILL 6:00. NOTICED THAT THIS WAS OUT IN THE PARKING LOT HERE. I WAS THINKING, I HAVE TO MOVE THAT. I BEGAN TO NOTICE OTHER THINGS LIKE THE TAIL LIGHT. SOMETHING JUST MADE ME WALK OVER AND LOOK. SHERI: HE SAID HE DRIVES IN THIS SAME SPOT EVERY DAY AND DOES A THOROUGH INSPECTION BEFORE HE LEAVES OR HIS ROUTE. IT WAS DURING THAT INSPECTION THAT HE NOTICED SOMETHING WAS OUT OF PLACE. >> I W CURIOUS WHAT HAD CAUSED THE DEBRI. THAT IS WHEN I DISCOVERED THE TRUCK AND SOMEONE WAS MOVING IN. THAT REALLY SCARED ME. SHERI: HE RAN TO GET HELP AT THIS FIRE STATION, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR. >> THANK GOODNESS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS RIGHT HERE WHERE THEY COULD GET HELP. SHERI: ACCORDING TO POLICE, JIMMIE AND HIS WIFE, SARAH, CRASHED THEIR TRUCK AT LEAST 20 FEET DOWN THIS RAVINE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. >> I GUESS THEY WENT AIRBORNE, BASED ON WHERE THAT'S GREAT IS -- THAT SCRAPE IS. SHERI: MR. LEE DIED AT THE SCENE. RIGHT NOW, HIS WIFE IS RECOVERING. >> I JUST HOPE THAT SHE DOES WELL. I AM SORRY THAT SHE LOST HER HUSBAND.

Local bus driver helps to save woman's life

Woman rescued after she and her husband crashed and went over a ravine in Trussville